finale
1. The arguments against children's and young adult literature go as follows: We don't know, we don't respect, we don't understand, we can't afford, so we don't teach. It's hard to even take these arguments seriously as genuine educational concerns. Children and YA literature opens up vast doorways that lead to things like creative freedom, open mindedness, knowledge of the self and much more. As humans we often revile parts of our past and praise parts of our past, this category of literature gives students an opportunity to reflect in an unbiased constructive way. In the case for Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacquelin Woodson, we have a book that follow the life of a young girl with a brown complexion growing up in the 1960s told via a collection of poems. The book speaks on family matters, social issues, African American history, coming of age, and more. It teaches about poetry and novel story telling simultaneously. If one of the concerns is only teaching t...